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quidditch is the stupidest sport played by humans. it is the adaptation of the harry potter sport, except without the flying broomsticks.backthepack said:
He mentioned something called quidditch (what the fuck is that) sounds like a very faggy activity... It's friday tomorrow, who's preparing the ceremony?dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
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"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
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Guess that explains why we've had Olympic Chess.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
Oh wait.
It's a fucking board game. No one considers it a sport. -
dnc said:
Guess that explains why we've had Olympic Chess.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
Oh wait.
It's a fucking board game. No one considers it a sport.
Actually, though, it literally says right there in the quote that it is considered a sport. American football isn't in the Olympics. Does that make it not a sport? -
Because you're a massive fag. OBK is simply a queefy qoockjhfstyle24 said:
quidditch is the stupidest sport played by humans. it is the adaptation of the harry potter sport, except without the flying broomsticks.backthepack said:
He mentioned something called quidditch (what the fuck is that) sounds like a very faggy activity... It's friday tomorrow, who's preparing the ceremony?dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
also, i refuse to be sacrificed. Why not OBK? -
Seriously @Swaye action needs to be taken fast. I'll bust you outta rehab so we can commence the ceremony.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
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I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
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Rehab doesn't start until tomorrow. I'm too stoned to do anything right now.backthepack said:
Seriously @Swaye action needs to be taken fast. I'll bust you outta rehab so we can commence the ceremony.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia -
No, it says in the quote that the IOC realized it's not a sport. When the best thing you can support your argument with is the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes, you've lost the argument.jhfstyle24 said:dnc said:
Guess that explains why we've had Olympic Chess.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
Oh wait.
It's a fucking board game. No one considers it a sport.
Actually, though, it literally says right there in the quote that it is considered a sport. American football isn't in the Olympics. Does that make it not a sport?
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Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
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It's in the Mountains. Hope this helps.YellowSnow said:
Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
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Warshington.YellowSnow said:
Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
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You say, "Chess has never been considered a sport."dnc said:
No, it says in the quote that the IOC realized it's not a sport. When the best thing you can support your argument with is the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes, you've lost the argument.jhfstyle24 said:dnc said:
Guess that explains why we've had Olympic Chess.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
Oh wait.
It's a fucking board game. No one considers it a sport.
Actually, though, it literally says right there in the quote that it is considered a sport. American football isn't in the Olympics. Does that make it not a sport?
hth
I show you that the IOC considered it a sport at one time.
Just because you choose to ignore the very thing that makes me right does not mean you won an argument. -
You win.jhfstyle24 said:
You say, "Chess has never been considered a sport."dnc said:
No, it says in the quote that the IOC realized it's not a sport. When the best thing you can support your argument with is the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes, you've lost the argument.jhfstyle24 said:dnc said:
Guess that explains why we've had Olympic Chess.jhfstyle24 said:
"Until recently, chess was a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee;[3] some national sporting bodies such as the Spanish Consejo Superior de Deportes also recognize chess as a sport."dnc said:
Chess has never been considered a sport.jhfstyle24 said:
That's not remotely close to true. Cheerleading, pool, and chess are all generally recognized as sports.backthepack said:
Cheerleading, pool, and chess have never been labeled as a sport. Curling is more of sport than baseball.jhfstyle24 said:
No, I listed a bunch of "sports" that are less of a sport than baseball.dflea said:
lol - did you just compare your glory sport to cheerleading , pool and chess?jhfstyle24 said:
It is more of a sport than ultimate, cross country, pool, bowling, cheerleading, golf, chess, fencing and quidditch, among others, and it definitely takes more skill.backthepack said:
Baseball isn't a sport.jhfstyle24 said:I was the MVP of the Seattle Elite League 14u playoffs, which my team won.
Now, I will be the first to admit that baseball does not require tons of athleticism. But it takes a lot of skill and hand-eye coordination to hit an 85-mph fastball, when you have .45 of a second to react. And I would also point out that you have to be incredibly tough to play the sport, although it isn't as bad as rugby or football or hockey or lacrosse or any full-contact sport.
Among others, I mean.
My point was that if you say baseball isn't a sport, then none of those can be called a sport.
In general, a sport is a game of skill or strategy played by one or more persons in competition against an opposing team, which defines chess and pool as sports. Cheerleading is more of an athletic activity under that definition, but because it's not easy, many call it a sport.
-Wikipedia
Oh wait.
It's a fucking board game. No one considers it a sport.
Actually, though, it literally says right there in the quote that it is considered a sport. American football isn't in the Olympics. Does that make it not a sport?
hth
I show you that the IOC considered it a sport at one time.
Just because you choose to ignore the very thing that makes me right does not mean you won an argument.
I'll rephrase.
Some idiots once considered it a sport.
They too have come to their senses.
No one who understands what a sport is has ever considered it a sport.
It's a fucking bored game.
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Washington. Those are South Early Winter Spire, North Early Winter Spire, Liberty Bell, Concord Tower, & Lexington. I've climbed/led SEWS (3 routes) and Liberty Bell (trad route, not the aid route), but it was summer and they didn't have snow. That was just the best photo I found in the 3 seconds I looked.YellowSnow said:
Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
This is how they look in the summer, slightly different angle.
I was ready to climb Lexington, but one of the other dumbasses on the climb had passed out the night before down in Winthrop in the back of his truck after a night of hard drinking, and somebody stole some of his climbing gear out of the back of his truck, while he lay their snoring.... some climbers are real dirt bags.
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M'eh.Thump said:
Washington. Those are South Early Winter Spire, North Early Winter Spire, Liberty Bell, Concord Tower, & Lexington. I've climbed/led SEWS (3 routes) and Liberty Bell (trad route, not the aid route), but it was summer and they didn't have snow. That was just the best photo I found in the 3 seconds I looked.YellowSnow said:
Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
This is how they look in the summer, slightly different angle.
I was ready to climb Lexington, but one of the other dumbasses on the climb had passed out the night before down in Winthrop in the back of his truck after a night of hard drinking, and somebody stole some of his climbing gear out of the back of his truck, while he lay their snoring.... some climbers are real dirt bags.
I climbed a hill in Pullman after Apple Cup 1990.
Not easy after sharing a half gallon of BV and coke.
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Very much so, given that a poaster with a handle about yellow snow probably doesn't know shit about mountains.TurdBuffer said:
It's in the Mountains. Hope this helps.YellowSnow said:
Is that in Washington or Wyoming?Thump said:I rock climbed these. Trad leads.
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Last time I saw a 5th of BV, the Sonics cheerleaders were all bogarting off the same bottle at a party I was at. Seeing them up close, I was struck by just how slutty they were. Much sluttier than the SeaGals (and that's saying something), a couple of whom I went to HS with.
Edit: Forgot the other point. Cheap booze was outdone by the cheap makeup, cheap hair product, and cheap clothes. Did they get paid anything by the Sonics? Or did they just do it for the BBC? -
Any of them happen to have a father that owned a Mexican restaurant on Roosevelt in the U-District?TurdBuffer said:Much sluttier than the SeaGals (and that's saying something), a couple of whom I went to HS with.
I bartended there for about a year my last year of college, and the owner's daughter worked there as a hostess and was a SeaGal (were they called that in the late 80s?). She was constantly begging me to take her skiing. I never did, but yeah, she seemed pretty slutty to me. -
Couldn't tell ya. I was just struck by the tackiness of it all. Hadn't see such tacky women since I'd been to the Lynnwood Black Angus or some dance joint in Renton or Kent a friend dragged me to.
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TurdBuffer said:
Couldn't tell ya. I was just struck by the tackiness of it all. Hadn't see such tacky women since I'd been to the Lynnwood Black Angus or some dance joint in Gorst a friend dragged me to.
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Was that friend's name Kim?TurdBuffer said:Couldn't tell ya. I was just struck by the tackiness of it all. Hadn't see such tacky women since I'd been to the Lynnwood Black Angus or some dance joint in Renton or Kent a friend dragged me to.
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RoadDawg55 said:
Was that friend's name Kim?TurdBuffer said:Couldn't tell ya. I was just struck by the tackiness of it all. Hadn't see such tacky women since I'd been to the Lynnwood Black Angus or some dance joint in Renton or Kent a friend dragged me to.
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I went to law school here with a little known Husky backup QB named Eric Alozie. Eric was recruited by, and should have chosen, Nebraska, but he wanted to play for James blah blah blah.. Would've made a hell of an option QB, and he knew it too. He was never going to be a Washington pocket passer of that era, so he was relegated to special teams. But that fucker could throw a football through a wall and was an amazing athlete. In shirts and skins pickup games, you wanted to play on Eric's team, which I always did because we had just the one law school team for intra murals. He was built like a brick shit house and could basically do whatever he wanted on the court. We also had the Pac 10 triple jump champ from Cal (Mike Harris) on our team, so needless to say, we/they were ridiculous. Lots of dunks.
One day, this obnoxious loud mouth punk whose (of course) frat team was playing us was running his mouth to everyone guarding him. "Foul man!! What's your problem?!" Etc. At one point, he completely forgets himself and pops off to Alozie with some ill-advised comment. Lol. Alozie, who'd heard enough from this clown at this point, stops the game ... actually stops an IMA game ... stands right in this guy's face, and basically makes him shit his pants without moving a muscle or saying a word. Of course his ghey "brothers" wouldn't go near it. Brotherhood.
Anyway, I did nothing, but I was on Eric's team, so that was cool. Super proud moment for me.
PS: catching passes from Alozie in flag football was one of the most painful things I've ever endured. He and Harris basically were the team in that one too. -
Since many of you jabronis don't have access to The Higher Level Discussion Bored, bumping this thread for you. There's some spun gold in here.Tequilla said:
Alright @Gladstone ... prepare to be disappointed ...Gladstone said:IMA Champs 2x
Team GOAT 4lyfe
come at me @Tequilla
At 8 or 9 got to the State semi-finals in a free throw shooting contest ... won one of the round by going 22 of 25. When I lost I lost by 1 with 19 of 25 ... it was up in Mount Vernon at the high school with the backboard full of crossbars and shit that looked like spider webs to me. If I recall right the final would have been down at the Seattle Center Coliseum (what it was at the time).
In the 3rd and 4th grade, I was playing on teams about 2 years older than I was at the time ...
In my last year of minors (9 or 10 years old), hit something close to .700 and struck out once the entire season. Next year was drafted to the majors and basically missed the year when my coach broke my hand with an intentional pitch ... never played baseball after that.
As a whole, a lot of things happened in life around 11-12 years that got me out of playing competitive sports for a while ... life happens I guess. In hindsight, I have a lot of respect for parents that prioritize putting their kids in positions to pursue their dreams in sports.
I didn't win an IMA title in hoops at UW ... lots of bad luck late in tournaments as if I remember right my teams lost in the semi's or quarter's 3-4 straight tournaments on either buzzer beaters or less than a basket. Had one guy hit a 30 foot fade away falling out of bounds over 2 of us to win a game in 2OT ... that came after a guy that had no shot of hitting a 3 banked in one from the top of the key at the end of regulation over me after somehow deciding that he was going to upfake me when catching the ball with maybe 2 seconds on the clock ... only an idiot would have actually done the move that he did there ... just got lucky. Had another where we were killing a team in the 1st half before one of our guys tore out his ACL and our minds went to shit and ended up losing by a bucket. Another we had a ref call an intentional foul on us in the last minute of the game when trying to commit a foul that ended up getting them the extra free throws necessary to win the game by 1 (I ended up hitting a half court shot at the buzzer while trying to draw a foul to get a 4 point play to tie). There was another one we lost in the semi's where I'm pretty sure I had something like 35 points in the game and for whatever reason couldn't get someone to throw me the ball down the stretch with the lead to go to the line ... the guy that we kept throwing the ball to kept bricking free throws and eventually lost on a shot at the buzzer ... to say I was steaming after that game would be an understatement. I think we had another year where we were in good shape before I pulled my groin going into the tournament and turned into a shell of myself and we got destroyed when we went up against a good team because I was our primary scorer ... I probably averaged over 20 points per game on each of those teams.
For @Dennis_DeYoung the top IMA stories (non-intramural championship edition) I really have besides wearing Tank Johnson's foot across my throat and living to tell about it would be that on average I would play 4-5 days a week down there for 3-4 hours a day and win over 90% of the games per week consistently. I've played with, against, and beat then-current or future NBA players, college players, and overseas players. I'm still happy at the fact that I can go to the IMA and play with guys that I play with on a weekly basis and still beat the young kids. What I probably miss most about not being in my early 20s playing down there was that I used to purposely hit game winners from about 25-30 feet out on 1 on 3 or 4 to just fuck with people ... the other one that I would regularly use to end games was wing 3's off the glass ... it's a great feeling to have the confidence to know that you can essentially say what you're going to do, have everybody know what you are going to do, and still be able to do it anyway.
One of my first experiences at TCU playing basketball was playing against 3 members of the TCU football team and lighting each up. It was amusing to watch the 1st guy get yelled at by the other 2 before talking back to them to take their best shot ... then lighting the next up ... and then lighting the last one up. Ended up winning 2 titles at TCU in hoops ... my first year down there the MBA team ended up winning the open men's title and then the second year winning the co-ed championship with a lot of the intramural officials I worked with. What's amusing about that and probably fitting for most of my athletic life is the "missed opportunities" in that I actually never played in either of the title games. The first title was played a day after my last class for Spring Break and I had already booked a flight back to Seattle for Spring Break ... although we would have never got to the title game if I didn't put together a small offensive spurt down the stretch of the semifinal game to get us into the title. The second title I severely sprained my ankle prior to the tournament (which knocked out the MBA men's team from having a realistic shot at the title) so instead we picked up a replacement for me on the co-ed team and I ended up "coaching" that team. I still have a good laugh with my buddy from that team that actually coaches girls high school hoops in Texas (for anybody that pays attention to that, last year's #1 HS player in the country Lauren Cox was coached by him - she now plays at Baylor) because in the semi-finals I basically yo-yo'ed the minutes and manipulated the situation to get the best players from the other team into foul trouble and eventually out of the game at the expense of his minutes ... he was pissed at me for a bit on that one but also readily admits we would have never won if I didn't do that. Then in the title game, we were getting destroyed by a tall female post player (our girls were smaller) and at half I switched my buddy onto him to shut her down and he did and we won. Same story for @Dennis_DeYoung at TCU in that I regularly won about 90% of the pickup games down there.
Now, as I get older, I'm far less competitive. Play a lot more golf now and looking for the elusive par or better round ... lowest round so far has been a 77. My goal is to eventually get to a single digit handicap. I don't play as much basketball as I did when I was younger because after 30+ years the stress on the ankles and knees just isn't as realistic for as much as I would like to play. I've switched more to playing soccer and have backstopped my teams to a handful of league titles. Early in a session I'm normally not too stressed out about things but when we get around the halfway mark I will start looking at the standings and if we have a chance to win the league the competitive juices come back out.
If I have a regret, it's what happened in baseball ... particularly knowing the successes that my brothers had playing. On one hand, they loved baseball more than I did so that probably explains a lot given that my love was always basketball. But I also know that if events would have turned out differently I probably could have played in college pretty easily ...
And for anybody that things that I consider any of these things as crowning athletic achievements ... get a life. I'm well aware of my lot in life from an athletic standpoint ... particularly from a basketball standpoint. It's why I probably get bent out of shape sometimes when talking about our OL recruiting because I know as well as anybody how important it is to have the physical gifts required to play at elite levels. You can have all the skill, understanding, etc. in the world ... but if you don't have the athletic abilities to play at a certain level, you've got no shot. -
TYFYS! That Teq post is pure gold.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Since many of you jabronis don't have access to The Higher Level Discussion Bored, bumping this thread for you. There's some spun gold in here.Tequilla said:
Alright @Gladstone ... prepare to be disappointed ...Gladstone said:IMA Champs 2x
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come at me @Tequilla
At 8 or 9 got to the State semi-finals in a free throw shooting contest ... won one of the round by going 22 of 25. When I lost I lost by 1 with 19 of 25 ... it was up in Mount Vernon at the high school with the backboard full of crossbars and shit that looked like spider webs to me. If I recall right the final would have been down at the Seattle Center Coliseum (what it was at the time).
In the 3rd and 4th grade, I was playing on teams about 2 years older than I was at the time ...
In my last year of minors (9 or 10 years old), hit something close to .700 and struck out once the entire season. Next year was drafted to the majors and basically missed the year when my coach broke my hand with an intentional pitch ... never played baseball after that.
As a whole, a lot of things happened in life around 11-12 years that got me out of playing competitive sports for a while ... life happens I guess. In hindsight, I have a lot of respect for parents that prioritize putting their kids in positions to pursue their dreams in sports.
I didn't win an IMA title in hoops at UW ... lots of bad luck late in tournaments as if I remember right my teams lost in the semi's or quarter's 3-4 straight tournaments on either buzzer beaters or less than a basket. Had one guy hit a 30 foot fade away falling out of bounds over 2 of us to win a game in 2OT ... that came after a guy that had no shot of hitting a 3 banked in one from the top of the key at the end of regulation over me after somehow deciding that he was going to upfake me when catching the ball with maybe 2 seconds on the clock ... only an idiot would have actually done the move that he did there ... just got lucky. Had another where we were killing a team in the 1st half before one of our guys tore out his ACL and our minds went to shit and ended up losing by a bucket. Another we had a ref call an intentional foul on us in the last minute of the game when trying to commit a foul that ended up getting them the extra free throws necessary to win the game by 1 (I ended up hitting a half court shot at the buzzer while trying to draw a foul to get a 4 point play to tie). There was another one we lost in the semi's where I'm pretty sure I had something like 35 points in the game and for whatever reason couldn't get someone to throw me the ball down the stretch with the lead to go to the line ... the guy that we kept throwing the ball to kept bricking free throws and eventually lost on a shot at the buzzer ... to say I was steaming after that game would be an understatement. I think we had another year where we were in good shape before I pulled my groin going into the tournament and turned into a shell of myself and we got destroyed when we went up against a good team because I was our primary scorer ... I probably averaged over 20 points per game on each of those teams.
For @Dennis_DeYoung the top IMA stories (non-intramural championship edition) I really have besides wearing Tank Johnson's foot across my throat and living to tell about it would be that on average I would play 4-5 days a week down there for 3-4 hours a day and win over 90% of the games per week consistently. I've played with, against, and beat then-current or future NBA players, college players, and overseas players. I'm still happy at the fact that I can go to the IMA and play with guys that I play with on a weekly basis and still beat the young kids. What I probably miss most about not being in my early 20s playing down there was that I used to purposely hit game winners from about 25-30 feet out on 1 on 3 or 4 to just fuck with people ... the other one that I would regularly use to end games was wing 3's off the glass ... it's a great feeling to have the confidence to know that you can essentially say what you're going to do, have everybody know what you are going to do, and still be able to do it anyway.
One of my first experiences at TCU playing basketball was playing against 3 members of the TCU football team and lighting each up. It was amusing to watch the 1st guy get yelled at by the other 2 before talking back to them to take their best shot ... then lighting the next up ... and then lighting the last one up. Ended up winning 2 titles at TCU in hoops ... my first year down there the MBA team ended up winning the open men's title and then the second year winning the co-ed championship with a lot of the intramural officials I worked with. What's amusing about that and probably fitting for most of my athletic life is the "missed opportunities" in that I actually never played in either of the title games. The first title was played a day after my last class for Spring Break and I had already booked a flight back to Seattle for Spring Break ... although we would have never got to the title game if I didn't put together a small offensive spurt down the stretch of the semifinal game to get us into the title. The second title I severely sprained my ankle prior to the tournament (which knocked out the MBA men's team from having a realistic shot at the title) so instead we picked up a replacement for me on the co-ed team and I ended up "coaching" that team. I still have a good laugh with my buddy from that team that actually coaches girls high school hoops in Texas (for anybody that pays attention to that, last year's #1 HS player in the country Lauren Cox was coached by him - she now plays at Baylor) because in the semi-finals I basically yo-yo'ed the minutes and manipulated the situation to get the best players from the other team into foul trouble and eventually out of the game at the expense of his minutes ... he was pissed at me for a bit on that one but also readily admits we would have never won if I didn't do that. Then in the title game, we were getting destroyed by a tall female post player (our girls were smaller) and at half I switched my buddy onto him to shut her down and he did and we won. Same story for @Dennis_DeYoung at TCU in that I regularly won about 90% of the pickup games down there.
Now, as I get older, I'm far less competitive. Play a lot more golf now and looking for the elusive par or better round ... lowest round so far has been a 77. My goal is to eventually get to a single digit handicap. I don't play as much basketball as I did when I was younger because after 30+ years the stress on the ankles and knees just isn't as realistic for as much as I would like to play. I've switched more to playing soccer and have backstopped my teams to a handful of league titles. Early in a session I'm normally not too stressed out about things but when we get around the halfway mark I will start looking at the standings and if we have a chance to win the league the competitive juices come back out.
If I have a regret, it's what happened in baseball ... particularly knowing the successes that my brothers had playing. On one hand, they loved baseball more than I did so that probably explains a lot given that my love was always basketball. But I also know that if events would have turned out differently I probably could have played in college pretty easily ...
And for anybody that things that I consider any of these things as crowning athletic achievements ... get a life. I'm well aware of my lot in life from an athletic standpoint ... particularly from a basketball standpoint. It's why I probably get bent out of shape sometimes when talking about our OL recruiting because I know as well as anybody how important it is to have the physical gifts required to play at elite levels. You can have all the skill, understanding, etc. in the world ... but if you don't have the athletic abilities to play at a certain level, you've got no shot.
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Also Teq gold.Tequilla said:
He walked today89ute said:
Let's hear your crowning athletic achievement.Dennis_DeYoung said:Fuck, he really is 89!!
